Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26

from their long confinement, thu sent
woIa that they had found verdict ana
1ortnslth filed into court.
AZ $40 the jury notified Chief Bailiff
Canhl that they had agreed, and jCahill at
once reported to the Judge, whotwas wait
ing IN his private room. judge Jameson
! ! MS seat on the bench and ordered tho
lMry brought into court, He also notified
ohefln Matson to bring in ths defendants,
Wno mad all been kept prisoners IN their
private room or in the vicinity of the court
room pending the return ofthe jury. The
Jury nled in ut one door and the defendants
a. a.. another. The buzz andcrush Of about
~ my ;ha newspaper men, whoat once swarm ed
70 tne front. created someconfusion for a
moment. About fifty offers, mostly detect
ives and bailiffs and PERSONAL friends of
the defendants or Juror, stood up outside
tho railing.
Bailif Cahill raped for order when the
Jury came filing in ald were seated, and
Judge Jameson at once began proceed.
ings:
Call the jury, MI Clerk" was his curt
order, and the samgold form was repeated
for the last time.
Are all the defhdants present in court.
Mr.. Sheriff." wasthe next question,
Mr.. Matson wa.there behind the back Of
chairs to answer"Yes."
Turning to tb jury, the Judge asked:
Gentlemen, have you agreed upon your
One or twoof them answered eyes" in
an underto1s, while Mr.. A. L. Brown, the
foreman, roe in his place with the formal
answer, "W have, your Honor" and hand
ed the docfnent over to Bailiff Cahill, who
in turn passed it up to Clerk Lee. Mr.. Lee
spread OF the document-a sheet of fools
cap-andbegan reading slowly and dis
tinctly: I'VE, the jury, find the defendants,
Adam CHS, ETC." There was death like
silencefn the room until the name of Buck
McCalhy was reached-"$1, 1000 fne"-
and then there was faint attempt at ap-
fplause from somebody in the rear of the
court room. At the conclusion Of the
residing there was another attempt at an.
plause which was promptly squelched by a
rap from the Judge and o rush by the bail
IFS and policemen gathered there.
Directly after the verdict was announced
each one of the defendants was asked what
ne thought about it. As the replies were
brief they are given in full:
Casselman-Iti is something I didn't ex-
pect.
Leyden-Ive got nothing to say.
Ohver-im SO much surprised that I
don't know what do think about it,
Wren-I think the verdict is an outrage.
Wasserman-I do not care to express an
opinion now.
McCarthy-I haven't much to say, but
come to me in the morning and perhaps Ill
give yen something worth printing.
Ochs-I don't care to say word.
Van Petit can live through the two
years, and when get back here I will live
long enough to get even with the -
who have worked 30 hard to put me- in this
hole.
Varnell-I don't think anything about
the verdict at all. can't think.
McClaughry-I amt saying nothing. I
amt going to express no opinion.
Cells The verdict is a disappointment
to me, but it is no more than might have
expected.
Lawyer Sullivan was asked for his opin.
ion Of the verdict. he said: 81 do not think
the testimony justified any such verdict,
and my opinion is that we will get new
trial. It is one of those unjust verdicts
which result from an excited state of pub
lie opinion. Now, don't see how Was
serman and Ochs were found guilty with
the others for their terms of Office expired
- ySeA4 AAu q 0dA4 UClOI0 I40 luulCUu6QE
was found, and it seems unreasonable to
punish them. Nor can see how Nc
Claughry is punished with imprisonment
when so many others were punished by
fine.
Mr.. Grinnell and his assistants went
back to their room after the verdict, where
they were followed by "Buck" AIcC arthy
and one or two others. A reporter con-
graduated Mccarthy on his escape.
"What in - do you mean?" asked
Buck, with an assumption Of dire wrath.
Il shouldn't have been fined a goll-darned
cent. I say it's an outrage"
And I'll say" said MIR. Grinnell, chat
you should have got three years, Buck, and
make no bones about saying it, either. I
would like to see you in McClaughry's
place and McClaughry in yours. You
should have got the two years and Nc
Claughry should have got the fne-that is,
if either of you had to get off with fine"
Buck then left the room.
IF it hadn't been for Clark the verdict
would have been all we asked for or could
possibly GET" said Mr.. Grinnell. "How-
ever, we are satisfied under the circum-
stances. This verdict is, of course, inn
measurably better than disagreement,
and disagreement was the only alterna-
tive"
But there is another class of indictments
wherein the plea would be of no avail.
Leyden, Wassernaan, Mccarthy, Ochs,
Wren, Van Pelt, Hannigan, McC laughry,
and Lynn are all indicted jointly with
Michael Costello in what are known as
the coal cases. Here the charge is not
conspiracy but bribery, and that being q
distinct offense no plea of previous con-
viction can be set up.
There are no new developments in re-
gard to McGarigle, who at last accounts